But ideas put forth by a former pro, lifetime instructor, and author of tennis books
and video is not unfounded; especially when there are several posters speaking
of how the instruction worked and helped them. That is very founded. It may not
always be right, since nothing is always right, but it's darned well founded.

If you are struggling with a geometry proof, are you going to listen to the ones
who also don't get the problem, or the ones who have solved the problem and
are experiencing success with it? You seem to find comfort with the others who
say the problem can't be worked that way and ignore those who demonstrate
different.

5263, oh that's why you have faith in Oscar. good for you, very solid foundation you are on. I base my judgment solely on my understanding from studying and researching about human body movement and putting it into practice while playing. btw I have very solid 1hbh I continue to improve, which I'm sure is way better than Mr. wegner demonstrating in that clip. it's astounding with all those experience he couldn't come up with a better 1hbh instruction, which is telling about the foundation you are relying on.

5263, oh that's why you have faith in Oscar. good for you, very solid foundation you are on. I base my judgment solely on my understanding from studying and researching about human body movement and putting it into practice while playing. btw I have very solid 1hbh I continue to improve, which I'm sure is way better than Mr. wegner demonstrating in that clip. it's astounding with all those experience he couldn't come up with a better 1hbh instruction, which is telling about the foundation you are relying on.

I could have sworn I read you teaching in some previous thread but mistaken. you seem to have unusually well organized thought process on techniques to be just doing it for fun. I too am a student of the game and bettering myself is one of the things I enjoy most. I also try to have an open mind and I don't care where an idea comes from. but not rejecting unfounded idea is not same as having an open mind.

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Thank you for the kind words, borami. I enjoy reading your posts, and I think you have a pretty good insight into tennis. I do have a few points where I don't see eye-to-eye with Oscar, but he might just be right. The 2hbh is one example. I know he advocates an open stance, but I've had my best results with a closed or neutral stance, and I see pros using a closed stance whenever the opportunity affords. It's still a work in progress for me...

Thank you for the kind words, borami. I enjoy reading your posts, and I think you have a pretty good insight into tennis. I do have a few points where I don't see eye-to-eye with Oscar, but he might just be right. The 2hbh is one example. I know he advocates an open stance, but I've had my best results with a closed or neutral stance, and I see pros using a closed stance whenever the opportunity affords. It's still a work in progress for me...

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aren't we all works in progress. don't get me wrong, I like many of his insights as well. clearly he tried hard to innovate tennis teaching and I think there should be more teachers who try to think outside the box for the sake of tennis. but not all areas are equally innovateable. some are well established for good reason and others have more room for improvement or variation. there are many different kinds of fh in the tour but for 1hbh the footwork is pretty universal. it doesn't mean he can't try to improve it but the way he is doing it, to apply the pull across sideway for rhs and racket movement low to high for topspin while moving the weight backward just like in his fh concept, simply doesn't work. clearly he didn't observe the pros well on this. if he is a courageous person he should go back to the drawing board and come up with something better.